Dentist hid camera in changing room to film women undressing

A dentist who hid a pen camera in a changing room to film two women getting undressed has been suspended.

Caught: Warren Gater used a ‘spy camera’ pen similar to the one above to film two young women undressing

32-year-old Warren Gater used a ‘ James Bond -style’ pen camera to capture the women undressing, then uploaded it to his computer at home. heard the General Dental Council in London.

Gater was caught after one of his victims saw him ‘acting strangely’ and later discovered the hidden gadget.

Gater, of Gillingham, Dorset, was convicted of voyeurism in March at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court. He admitted to filming the women ‘four or five times’ and was handed a three-year conditional discharge.

Gater was found guilty of misconduct by the council on Thursday, and suspended from the register for nine months. He left his Dorset practice following his arrest and has not worked since.

Nimi Bruce told the hearing that Gater had hidden the pen-shaped camera in a number of different places in a changing room and a toilet at the practice. She stated: ‘He used a bookshelf overlooking the area where they got changed, a potpourri bowl at the back of the toilet and inside his jacket pocket which was hung nearby.’

Gater, giving evidence, stated that he bought the camera, which doubles as a memory stick, while shopping online: ‘I saw the James Bond-style spy pen while I was looking for a USB stick online. It didn’t cost any more so I bought it. It was very cool.

‘Initially it was just a case of “Can I play spy? Can I get the secret footage? Can I do it without getting caught?”

‘Then with the sort of footage I was getting it moved on a little bit further.’

Chairman of the panel, Stewart Goulding, concluded: ‘Your actions were premeditated and repeated for your own sexual gratification and the committee considers that this is a gross breach of the trust placed in you as a dentist.’